How long is the commute in Raleigh?

Average travel time to work in Raleigh, NC, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Raleigh gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 17.9 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 65.1
• Carpooled: 6.6
• Transit: 1.3
• Walked: 1.6
• From home: 23.4

Average commute (minutes)

• Raleigh: 17.9
• Wake County: 18.7
• NC: 21.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 23.4% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 5.1 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 6.0% of workers in 2015 to 23.4% in the latest estimates.